Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-03-25
Behold the saints, beloved Of God

Behold the saints, beloved Of God
Washed nre their robes in Jesus, h,o.,
brighter than angels. 10! they shine
Their glories splendid and sub,imn'
/ remark again: This scene is
to-day because it is a confessions, 'sats
and l remember the time when ;s ~
had charged us with anything like inp,as
lection OF wrong doing. We would I'NE's
thrown ourselves back on our hono!aA N
said: "You don't know who you are s" a y
ing to. l shall resent such m insult eaA
honor aud integrity" We do not fa.lo y
way to-day. AS We gaze upon The s,o, y
of Christ and think of what We hay oS ~,
and what VIC have done, our henrs ssa
within us. We see n dying accnso,' my
our sin, md we. hear Him in His AZ! y
words begging for n service. onS INsI
how little service we have renieraII Y
this short life We have begrudaed =
even n fragment. Alas! Alas! Som s1
us have lived out the most Of our dnys
vet we have rendered TO God no s,,' NY
service. Sad, that We could have ut,
treated Him on whom all our hopes dsn @a,
Oh, my brethren and sisters in. Chris "aa
day Join hands with me in a confessinr
fore Christ! If there be any place MY
humble than another, let us take il y
there be any prayer more importunate N
another. let us breathe it. II there Ia ~
confession more bitter than another. in%
now weep it out.
Well might the Gun i'll darkness hIts
And shut his Sloriea in,
When Christ. the mighty Maker died
Eor man, the creatures Sin.
Once more: This is n tender and abso,,
ing scene because 1t is nnticipatiye, ii
brethren, we are not always GONG to 81
here. This is not our home. Tlis is o"1
the ves,ibule of the church in which
last, we expect to enter. After awhile \
names will be taken off the church boo!J
or there will be o mark in the margin
indicate that we have gone up to a Jetl
church and TO a higher communion. 0
Father is not going to let his children
main in the dust. The grave is no NAL
for US TO stay in. "The trumpet shall son1
aud the dead shall rise." The Lord an
descend from heaven with n shont and n
voice of the archanSel and We Shall nil
The white robe i'll which they put US
our last slumber must get winter. Oh, NJ
reunion of patriarchs, and apostles, M
prophets, and of all our gloritied kindred
and of that great multitude that no md
can number!." Our sorrows over; our iom
nev ended. 1t will be as when kings ba1
quet. And, Just as the snow Of wip,
melts and the fields will brighten in A
glorious sprinstime, SO it will be with
these cold orrow of earth, they shall
melted away at last before the war; sui
shine of heaven.
While Ipresentthese thoughts this mon
ing does it not seem that heaven conn
very near 10 us, as though our friend
whom We thought q great way off, are Al
in the distance, but close by? You hal
sometimes come down 10 q river ut nica|
fall, and you have been surprised id
easily you could hear voices across ID
river. You shouted over to the other Sd
of the river and they shouted back. It
said that when George Whitefeld preach
in Third street, Philadelphia, one event
time, his voice was heard clear across toll
New Jersey shore. When l was q little viii
chaplain in the army 1 remember how
eveniide we could easily hear the voices
the pickets across the Potomac, just wild
they were using ordinary tones. And !
we come to-day and stand by the river
Jordan that divides us from our fricn|
who are gone. it seems to me we stand \
one bank and they stand on tn other; al
1t is only q narrow stream, ar our void
go and their voices come. Hush! HuJ
l hear distinctly what they say: "Tha
are they who come out of great trlbulatioa
and had their robes washed aud maj
white in the blood of the Lamb" Sd
the voice comes across the waters, and
hear: I'VE hunger no more, we thirst,
more, neither shall the sun light on us, ID
any heat. for the Lamb which is IN 4
midst of the throne leads us to living foul
tains of water, and God wipeth away
tears from our eyes,"